非典型猴痘:一场新的疫情?

Atypical monkeypox:a potential epidemic disease?

猴痘是一种罕见的病毒性人畜共患病,可由动物传播至人类,主要在非洲中西部地区流行。自20世纪80年代天花被消灭以来,猴痘病毒已成为对公共卫生影响最大的正痘病毒。猴痘病例的临床表现与天花相似,但症状较轻,目前仍缺乏特异性的治疗方案。至今,已有50多个国家和地区持续报告了2780例猴痘确诊及疑似病例,并发生了人传人现象,引起了全球广泛关注。我国尚未出现猴痘确诊病例,但仍需高度警惕猴痘的暴发流行,提高临床医师的诊疗能力,做好应急预案和技术储备。

Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonosis that is mainly endemic in West and Central Africa through animal-to-human transmission.Monkeypox virus has become the orthopoxvirus family which poses greatest threat to public health since smallpox eradication in 1980 s.The clinical manifestations of monkeypox cases are similar;but less severe,to smallpox.There are no specific treatments available for monkeypox infection until now.Until now,2780 confirmed and suspected cases have been reported in more than 50 countries or regions out of Africa and human-to-human transmission has occurred,which have increasingly drawn attention worldwide.There are no confirmed cases of monkeypox in our country so far,we still need to be highly alert about the outbreak of monkeypox,improve diagnosis and treatment capabilities,and make emergency plans and technical reserves.